Motivational Sports Quotes - Page 39

• The question isn't at what age I want to retire, it's at what income.

  George Foreman

  Sports, Retirement, Boxing

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• His mouth made him feel like he was gonna win. Not his hands, I had my hand. He had his lips.

  Joe Frazier

  Sports, Winning, Hands

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• The tempt for greatness is the biggest drug in the world.

  Mike Tyson

  Sports, Greatness, Boxing

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• I fight for perfection

  Mike Tyson

  Sports, Fighting, Perfection

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• Sure the fight was fixed. I fixed it with a right hand.

  George Foreman

  Sports, Fighting, Hands

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• The loss just made me hungry; it made me want to go out and win another title.

  Thomas Hearns

  Sports, Loss, Winning

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• I'm not God, but I am something similar.

  Roberto Duran

  Sports, Boxing, Fighter

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• I was painfully initiated into boxing, because the guys I fought were a lot bigger than me.

  Sugar Ray Leonard

  Sports, Boxing, Guy

  FaceBook post by SUGAR RAY LEONARD from Jun 10, 2013

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• In boxing you create a strategy to beat each new opponent, it's just like chess.

  Lennox Lewis

  Sports, Creating, Boxing

  Buography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• That's the most beautiful thing that I like about boxing: you can take a punch. The biggest thing about taking a punch is your ego reacts and there's no better spiritual lesson than trying to not pay attention to your ego's reaction.

  David O. Russell

  Beautiful, Sports, Spiritual

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• When I was a young fellow I was knocked down plenty. I wanted to stay down, but I couldn't. I had to collect the two dollars for winning or go hungry. I had to get up. I was one of those hungry fighters. You could have hit me on the chin with a sledgehammer for five dollars. When you haven't eaten for two days you'll understand.

  Jack Dempsey

  Motivational, Sports, Food

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• Champions are champions not because they do anything extraordinary but because they do the ordinary things better than anyone else.

  Chuck Noll

  Sports, Champion, Ordinary

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• I have a rule on my team: When we talk to one another, we look each other right in the eye, because I think it's tough to lie to somebody. You give respect to somebody.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Sports, Lying

  "Duke of the Court". The Academy of Achievememnt Interview, www.achievement.org. May 22, 1997.

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• No exercise brings into play all the muscles of the body in a more thorough manner, and none is more interesting than wrestling. He will find no other exercise more valuable in the cultivation of faculties which will help him to success in agility, strength, determination, coolness, and quick exercise of judgement.

  Hugh Leonard

  Sports, Determination, Wrestling

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• Once you've wrestled, everything in life is easy.

  Dan Gable

  Sports, Wrestling, Life Is

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• It takes time to create excellence. If it could be done quickly, more people would do it.

  John Wooden

  Sports, People, Excellence

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• I learn teaching from teachers. I learn golf from golfers. I learn winning from coaches.

  Harvey Penick

  Sports, Teacher, Teaching

  Harvey Penick, Davis Love III (2012). “Harvey Penick's Little Red Book: Lessons And Teachings From A Lifetime In Golf”, p.117, Simon and Schuster

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• Somebody will always break your records. It is how you live that counts.

  Earl Campbell

  Sports, Nfl, Competition

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• It is how you show up at the showdown that counts.

  Homer H. Norton

  Sports, Attitude, Shows

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• I told you all I was going to be No. 1, and I did just that.

  Usain Bolt

  Sports

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• Every passion has its destiny.

  Billy Mills

  Sports, Inspiration, Passion

  "Believe, Believe, Believe: Billy Mills' Own Story - from Desperation to Winning Gold". Interview with Duncan Larkin, www.takethemagicstep.com. May 28, 2010.

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• There's nothing wrong with the Little League World Series that locking out the adults couldn't cure.

  Mike Penner

  Sports, Baseball, League

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• Officials are the only guys who can rob you and then get a police escort out of the stadium.

  Ron Bolton

  Sports, Guy, Police

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• A true friend sees the good in everything, and brings out the best in the worst of things.

  Sasha Azevedo

  Best Friend, Inspiring, Sports

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• To believe in yourself and to follow your dreams... This is success!

  Sasha Azevedo

  Motivational, Sports, Dream

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